A Christmas Carol Flashcards
Quote:
‘If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population
Stave 1, Scrooge
Malthus, Capitalism, Irony
- Malthus
Not enough resources to go around with increasing population - Capitalism
Man must take care of himself and his money, caring for others is pointless - Irony
Blinded by capitalism, to realise his life is the one suffering, not others
Quote:
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
Stave 1, Ghost of Marley
Redemption, Critique of Victorian Society
- Critique of Victorian Society
Warning of everyone that actions have consequences, and weigh you down - Redemption
He released the chains of capitalism in order to free himself from sadness, showing he can change
Quote:
‘His wealth is of no use to him. He don’t do any good with it.’
Stave 5, Random Two Men
Capitalism, Redemption
- Capitalism
How people view the higher class capitalists. What is the point in being too rich - Redemption
No one believed he could change, so he proved them all wrong
Quote:
‘This boy is Ignorance, This girl is Want’
Stave 3, GOCPresent
Capitalism,
Boy:
* Society
1. Upper class ignorance of the lower class suffering, due to capitalism
Girl:
* Lower class
1. They want necessities, but upper class do not care
Society is portrayed as children, as they are most innocent
Quote:
‘Hard and sharp as flint’
Stave 1, Narrator
Redemption, Shell
- Redemption
Contrasting of him in stave 5, as he becomes more generous and appreciative of others - Shell
Hard and sharp suggest he is building walls around himself of money, individualism and capitalism
Quote:
’ I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school boy, I am as giddy as a drunken man’
Stave 5, Scrooge
Hyperbole of Redemption, Excitement
- Hyperbole of Redemption
Contrasts and over-exagerates the change Scrooge undergoes, showing the power of the Christmas spirit - Excitement
Repetition shows how excited he is
Quote:
‘Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce’
Stave 3, Narrator
Opposite of Capitalism, Family, Rule of Three
- Opposite of Capitalism
Lower class working together, the richest in money are poorest in spirit - Family
Family makes people happy, and is unbreakable. Money is transcient, family is forever - Rule of 3
Hyperbole for family and socialism
Quote:
‘A churchyard, overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation’s death not life - a worthy place!’
Stave 4, GOC Yet to Come
Redemption, Isolation, Biblical
- Redemption
Realisation for Scrooge it is time to change - Isolation
Not a well-kept churchyard, showing how isolation takes place, and how no one cares for him - Biblical
Society was becoming secular, so this remind reader and Scrooge, hellfire awaits those who are rude
Quote:
‘Scrooge was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys and cares long, long forgotten!’
Stave 2, Narrator
Redemption, Process of Change
- Redemption
The power of memories helps redeem his character - Process of Change
Good way to show the middle of Scrooges change
Quote:
‘The house-fronts looked black enough, and the windows blacker, contrasting with the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, and with the dirtier snow upon the ground’
Stave 1, Narrator
Society
- Society
Upper class, are the clean snow looking down on the dirty snow, the lower class, and symbolises the 19th century society
